Louver mounting for cooling towers



April 26, 1932. J, B HARRY 1,855,962

LOUVER MOUNTINGFOR COOLING TOWERS Original Filed Deo. 22, 1928 Patented Apr. 26, 1932 aTeNT oFFlcE UNITED STATES JOSHUA. BARTON HAB-RY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR IO HARRY COLING Sv EQUIPMENT COMPANY, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A COR- PORATION CF DELAWARE LOU'VEB MOUNTING FOR COOLING- TOWERS Original application filed December 22, 1928, Serial No. 327,945. Divided and this application led through a cooling Getober 5, 1929.

This invention relates to improvements in cooling towers and more particularly to a louver for a cooling tower and a mounting therefor. This application is a division of my copending application for patent on cooling towers filed December 22, 1928, Serial No. 327 ,945.

An important object of the present invention is the provision of a louver so constructed that it will prevent the escape of water from the tower without unduly obstructing the circulation of air.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a novel and improved bracketfor mounting the louver which will permit the louver to be readily and substantially instantaneously removed and replaced whenever this becomes necessary.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings wherein, for the purpose of i lustration, I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary sectional view tower embodying louvers and louver brackets constructed in accordance with my invention; and

Fig. 2 is a detached perspective of one of the louvers and its associated bracket, onek bracket being shown as in position upon the end of the louver', the other being shown as detached therefrom.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 generally designates a pan-like base which serves the double function of catching the drip water from nozzles 2 and of acting as a support for the frame of the apparatus. This frame includes vertical supports 3 on which are carried the louvers 4 and louver brackets generally designated at 5. Louvers as illustrated are ordinarily at all four sides of the tower and serve to prevent the escape of cooling water without unduly retarding the flow of air through the apparatus.

Each louver comprises an elongated sheet having longitudinally-eXtending corrugations and may be conveniently cut from standard sheets of corrugated metal such as ordinarily employed in forming sidings and Serial No. 397,536.

roofs of buildings. 'Ihe brackets 5 each comprise a channel-shaped member having one solid web 7 and a notched web 8, the notches 9 of the notched web being so arranged that fingers 1() are produced which are spaced similarly tothe spacing of the corrugations of the sheet. 'Ihese fingers bearing against the corrugations prevent the louver from rattling in the chair orbracket 5. The lower end of the channel is closed by a transverselyextending web 11 against which the lower edge of the louver sheet rests.

Brackets 5, which will of course be made in lefts and rights, and are secured to adjacent faces of adjacent supports 3, are bolted in position upon the supports as at 12 so that they incline upwardly and outwardly and have their open ends arranged uppermost. The louver sheets 4 are then slid into the brackets. Air currents entering between the louver sheets will act to assist gravity in maintaining the sheets in position in the brackets so that there is no danger of accidental escape therefrom. At the same time these sheets, at any time that they deteriorate, may be readily removed and replaced.

As the construction employed is obviously capable of considerable modification without departing from the spirit of myl invention, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

1. In a cooling tower and in combination, spaced supports, brackets secured to each support and each of channel formation with the channel thereof directed toward the other support, each bracket having the lower end of its channel closed and a louver sheet having its ends inserted in the channels of the vbrackets and having` frictional engagement with the walls of the channel, such frictional engagement comprising the sole retaining means connecting the brackets and sheet.v

2. In a cooling tower and in combination, spaced supports, brackets secured to each support and each of channel formation with the channel thereof directed toward the other support, each bracket having the lower end of its channel closed and a louver sheet havsiii son

ing its ends inserted and rictionally held in the channels of the brackets, said sheet being corrugated in cross section, the frictional engagement comprising theesoleconnection between thefbrackets and sheet.

3. A louver for cooling towers comprising n a longitudinally corrugated sheet and means for supporting en'dsof said sheet includ-ing brackets having angularly disposed Walls'tov support an edge and one face of the sheet and having fingers to extend over the othel` face of the sheet and engage the several `corrugations thereof.`

4. In combination, a luverc. forv coolingv towers comprising a longitudinally corrugated fsheet,; and .means fon; supporting ithe endsoisaid sheet including, brackets having wa-lflste extend 'beneathfan edgeof the'sheet and haying@ portions engaging' opposite faces or the'sh'eet at the severalcorrugations there- JOSHUA-f B'ARTON HARRY. 

